H. W. Withers
Withers's senior portrait at Washington & Lee in The Calyx 1906 yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1884-09-10)September 10, 1884 Abingdon, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | June 15, 1949(1949-06-15) (aged 64)[1] Abingdon, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | Washington & Lee University (1906)[2] |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1906 | William & Mary |
Basketball | |
1906–1907 | William & Mary |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1906–1907 | William & Mary |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–6 (football) 1–4 (basketball) |
Henry Wilson Withers (September 10, 1884 – June 15, 1949) was an American gymnast[3] who was the head coach of the William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team in 1906–07.[4] He led the team to a 1–4 record, the exact opposite of their inaugural 4–1 campaign.[4]
Withers was also William & Mary's head football coach in 1906, finishing 2–6.[5]
Withers died of a heart attack in 1949. At the time of his death, he was working as a hardware merchant in Abingdon.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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William & Mary Orange and White (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906) | |||||||||
1906 | William & Mary | 2–6 | 0–2 | ||||||
William & Mary: | 2–6 | 0–2 | |||||||
Total: | 2–6 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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William & Mary Indians (Independent) (1906–1907) | |||||||||
1906–07 | William & Mary | 1–4 | |||||||
William & Mary: | 1–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–4 |
References
- ^ Boland, Micajah (1958). "Sarah Harper and Her Descendents, the Terrys: Their Royal and Colonial Ancestry".
- ^ "Calyx". Washington and Lee University. 1906.
- ^ "GYMNASIUM AND ATHLETIC FIELD" (PDF). Bulletin of the College of William and Mary. 1 (3): 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2014.
- ^ a b William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08 Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 24, 2008.
- ^ William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007 Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, page 22. Accessed March 26, 2008.
- ^ "Henry W. Withers", Kingsport News, June 17, 1949, Kingsport, Tennessee
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William & Mary Tribe athletic directors
- W. J. King (1901–1905)
- J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
- H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
- F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
- William J. Young (1911–1913)
- Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
- Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1918)
- Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
- James G. Driver (1919–1923)
- J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
- Billy Gooch (1928–1939)
- Carl M. Voyles (1939–1943)
- Rube McCray (1944–1951)
- Jack Freeman (1952–1957)
- Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
- H. Lester Hooker (1963–1971)
- Ben Carnevale (1972–1981)
- Jim Copeland (1981–1985)
- John Randolph (1985–1995)
- Terry Driscoll (1995–2017)
- Samantha Huge (2017–2020)
- Jeremy Martin # (2020–2021)
- Brian Mann (2021– )
# denotes interim athletic director
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